A l'occasion de la célébration de la fête de la femme, date anniversaire de la promulgation du code de statut personnel en 1956, l'Association des femmes démocrates (ATFD) a publié une déclaration que les medias officiels n'ont pas jugé bon de reproduire. Kalima la publie vu l’intérêt qu'elle représente en tant que document qui éclaire le combat des femmes tunisienne pour leur citoyenneté. Read More... 

The Appeal Court of Gafsa sentenced on the 6th of July the journalist Fahem BOUKADDOUS to a 4 years prison; he was charged of “participating in a criminal association with the intention of harming people and their property.” From his hospital bed, Fahem Boukaddous stated: "The police can come at anytime to pull me out from my bed and put me into their inhuman jails, I can only suffer stoically from this sentence issued by a compliant judicial system, but my life is in danger and they can lead me to death! " Read More... 

While expecting to be summoned as a plaintiff in the case where he had been assaulted by a militian of the ruling party, Mouldi Zouabi, senior reporter at Radio Kalima and founding member of the Pen Club Tunisia, just received a summon to appear at the District Court Jendouba next July 14, to face charges of "aggravated violence and public insults" Read More... 

Adresse à Boukadous
Le 6 juillet s’est tenu le procès politique le plus pipé de l’histoire de Tunizine. Sans la présence de l’accusé. Le verdict, sévère, a été rendu. Fahem Boukadous écope de 4 ans de prison ferme. Read More... 

Adresse au patron des services spéciaux et à son adjoint, le ministre de la Propaganda

La nouvelle de l'adoption du projet de loi qui sanctionne l'atteinte à la sécurité économique de la Tunisie m'a transportée de joie; Des illusions m'envahirent l’espace de courts instants: enfin, l'Etat tunisien va protéger l'économie de notre pays des rapaces qui l'ont mise à sac, sapant les chances des générations futures. Enfin, les autorités se sont décidées à mettre le holà à l'utilisation abusive du pouvoir à des fins d’enrichissement illicite des potentats et de leurs proches. Read More... 

Taoufik Ben Brik a été libéré ce matin à 6 heures après avoir purgé l'intégralité de la peine à laquelle il avait été condamné injustement. Il a été relâché devant la prison de Siliana (130 km de Tunis) où il était détenu depuis 6 mois. Il a été obligé de rejoindre son domicile à bord d'une voiture de louage. Sa famille n'avait aucune information sur la date et l'heure de sa libération, elle l'avait attendu hier toute la journée devant la prison sans disposer d'une quelconque information. Read More... 

The undersigned Arab human rights organizations wish to express their condemnation and profound contempt for the smear campaigns launched against prominent Tunisian human rights defenders, among them Kamel Jendoubi, the President of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network; Sihem Bensedrine, the spokeswoman for the National Council for Liberties; Read More... 

(OLPEC/IFEX) - OLPEC is extremely concerned by journalist and writer Taoufik Ben Brik's declining health. His family, which visited him on 6 January 2010, told OLPEC of a worrying deterioration of his health due to negligence by prison authorities and the poor hygiene conditions to which he has been subjected in Siliana prison, where he was transferred illegally as a retaliatory measure. Read More... 

Eleven human rights organizations express today their utmost concerns about the threats stemming from a smear campaign led by a Tunisian weekly newspaper against several human rights defenders who have been denouncing violations of fundamental freedoms in Tunisia. Read More... 

My country’s international airport—as some may not know—has become the scene of the Tunisian regime’s score-settling with its opponents. Opponents are no longer banned from traveling; this is a move to promote the idea that they are “free.” However, if they do travel, they face difficulties at the airport, port, or border crossing in question. Read More... 

Journalist Moez Jemai, a correspondent for Radio Kalima in Gabès, was violently assaulted today by a security guard at Gabès regional hospital while he was covering a sit-in organized by hospital workers. The guard is also a member of the ruling Rassemblement constitutionnel démocratique (RCD) party. Read More... 

The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the health and detention conditions of Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik and the flagrant and recurrent violations of his right to see his wife and lawyers. The health and detention conditions of Ben Brik, one of the most critical journalists of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who is currently serving a six-month jail sentence on a series of trumped-up charges, are alarming, lawyers and journalists told CPJ. Read More...